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Blinkova at the 2023 US Open
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Full name | Anna Vladimirovna Blinkova |
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Country (sports) | Russia |
Born | Moscow, Russia |
10 September 1998
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) |
Turned pro | 2015 |
Coach | Gerard Solves, Xavier Pujo (2024-), Ivo Klec (-2024) |
Prize money | US$ 3,248,322 |
Singles | |
Career record | 274–197 (58.17%) |
Career titles | 1 |
Highest ranking | No. 34 (7 August 2023) |
Current ranking | No. 55 (20 May 2024) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | 3R (2024) |
French Open | 3R (2019, 2023) |
Wimbledon | 3R (2023) |
US Open | 1R (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 121–94 (56.28%) |
Career titles | 1 |
Highest ranking | No. 45 (14 September 2020) |
Current ranking | No. 303 (20 May 2024) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open | 2R (2024) |
French Open | 2R (2024) |
Wimbledon | 3R (2019) |
US Open | SF (2020) |
Team competitions | |
Fed Cup | 2–1 (66.67%) |
Anna Vladimirovna Blinkova (Russian: Анна Владимировна Блинкова, IPA: [ˈanːə blʲɪnˈkovə]; born 10 September 1998) is a Russian professional tennis player. On 7 August 2023, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 34. On 14 September 2020, she peaked at No. 45 in the WTA doubles rankings. She has won one singles and one doubles title on the WTA Tour, one singles and one doubles title each on WTA Challenger Tour, as well as three singles and eleven doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.
Blinkova was runner-up at the 2015 Wimbledon Championships in girls' singles and was ranked the No. 3 junior tennis player in the world in August 2015.
Contents
- Personal life and background
- Junior career
- Professional career
- 2015–17: First steps
- 2018–19: Major and Premier 5 third round, top 100 in singles and doubles
- 2020: First top-10 win, top 60 debut, US Open doubles semifinal
- 2021: Out of top 100
- 2022: Resurgence, first WTA title, back to top 100
- 2023: Second French Open third round, first top-5 win, top 35
- 2024: Longest tiebreak and third round at Australian Open, first top-3 win
- Performance timelines
- WTA career finals
- WTA Challenger finals
- ITF Circuit finals
- Junior Grand Slam tournament finals
- Fed Cup participation
- WTA Tour career earnings
- Wins over top-10 players
- See also
Personal life and background
Anna Vladimirovna Blinkova was born on 10 September 1998 in Moscow to mother Elena and father Vladimir. During childhood, she played both tennis and chess at a high level. Her preferred surface is hardcourt. Her favourite shot is a forehand. She speaks Russian, Slovak, French and English.
Junior career
Blinkova is former junior world No. 3 player. She was runner-up at the 2015 Wimbledon in girls' singles, where she lost to compatriot Sofya Zhuk.
Professional career
2015–17: First steps
Blinkova made her debut at the ITF Circuit at the $10k event in Kantaoui in February 2015. There she won her first ITF doubles title. In January 2016, she won her first ITF singles title at the $10K Stuttgart. In April 2016, she turned pro and made her WTA Tour debut at the Morocco Open, where she was defeated in the first round. In October 2016, she won her first match on the WTA Tour, defeating Anastasija Sevastova in the first round of Kremlin Cup.
In January 2017, she made Grand Slam debut at the Australian Open through qualifying, where she defeated Monica Niculescu in the first round before losing to Karolína Plíšková in the second. At the 2017 Wimbledon and US Open, she also reached main draw, but then lost to Elena Vesnina in the first round of both competition. During the 2017 season, she won two $100k events on the ITF Circuit in doubles event, in Ilkley and St. Petersburg.
2018–19: Major and Premier 5 third round, top 100 in singles and doubles
In February 2018, she reached the third round of the Premier 5 Qatar Open, defeating Elena Vesnina and Kristina Mladenovic, before she lost to world No. 7, Caroline Garcia. In May, she won her first WTA doubles title at the Morocco Open, partnering with Raluca Olaru. Blinkova entered top 100 for the first time in both singles and doubles in 2018.
On her debut at the 2019 French Open as a qualifier, she reached the third round with a win over compatriot Margarita Gasparyan and an upset over 24th seed Caroline Garcia, but then lost to 14th seed Madison Keys.
In August 2019, she reached her first WTA Tour quarterfinal in singles at the Bronx Open, where she lost to Wang Qiang. At the 2019 US Open, she took defending champion and top seed Naomi Osaka to three sets. She followed this with title in New Haven on the WTA Challenger Tour. Nearly after that, she reached the semifinal of the Guangzhou Open, but then lost to Sofia Kenin. In October, she reached another semifinal at the Luxembourg Open, but lost to later champion Jeļena Ostapenko. During the year, she did even better in doubles. In February 2019, she lost alongside Wang Yafan in the doubles final at the Hua Hin Championships. After that, she reached semifinals of the Hungarian Open. In April, she reached another semifinal at the Premier-level Stuttgart Open. She then won $60k, $80k and $100k events, respectively, on the ITF Circuit. In September, she won the WTA Challenger New Haven.
2020: First top-10 win, top 60 debut, US Open doubles semifinal
Blinkova continued to made better results in doubles than singles. Despite not producing good results in singles during the season, Blinkova started year with her first career top 10 win, defeating Belinda Bencic in the first round of the Shenzhen Open. In singles, her best result of the year came at the Italian Open, where she reached the third round, but then lost to world No. 4, Karolína Plíšková. In doubles, her first significant result came in March at the Indian Wells Challenger, where she reached the semifinal. Then, six month absence of the WTA Tour happened due to COVID-19 pandemic outbreak.
When tennis came back in August, she first played at the Lexington Challenger, where she reached the semifinal in doubles alongside Vera Zvonareva. She followed this with quarterfinal of the Cincinnati Open, alongside Veronika Kudermetova. Things then went even better at the US Open, where Blinkova and Kudermetova reached the semifinal. They lost to eventual champions Laura Siegemund and Vera Zvonareva. In singles, she lost to eventual semifinalist Jennifer Brady in the first round.
Blinkova qualified for the main draw at the Italian Open and defeated Aliona Bolsova in a final-set tiebreak to reach the third round.
2021: Out of top 100
Blinkova started her year with consecutive losses at the Grampians Trophy and the Australian Open, before clinching her first win of the year over former top-ten player Andrea Petkovic in the first round of the Phillip Island Trophy. However, she managed to reach the doubles semifinals of the Gippsland Trophy with Veronika Kudermetova, but lost to Chan Hao-ching/Latisha Chan 9–11 in the match tiebreak. Alongside compatriot Anastasia Potapova, she reached her third WTA doubles final at the Phillip Island Trophy, losing to Ankita Raina and Kamilla Rakhimova.
She reached her first semifinal of the year at the Bol Ladies Open, a WTA 125 event, as the top seed. However, she lost to Jasmine Paolini winning just four games.
At the Wimbledon Championships, Blinkova beat Tímea Babos in the first round before falling to world No. 1, Ashleigh Barty, on centre court.
Blinkova reached the doubles semifinals of the Western & Southern Open with Aliaksandra Sasnovich, defeating top seeds Hsieh Su-wei/Elise Mertens in the second round. She lost in the first round of the US Open to Valentini Grammatikopoulou.
2022: Resurgence, first WTA title, back to top 100
After falling in the opening round of qualifying at the Australian Open to You Xiaodi, Blinkova reached her first singles final since 2019 at the $60k Open Andrézieux-Bouthéon, defeating Océane Dodin for her first top-100 win since August 2021, before losing to Ana Bogdan in the final.
The Russian followed it up with another $60k final at the Open de l'Isère, where she beat the top seed Arantxa Rus before she lost to Katie Boulter in the final.
She won her first WTA Tour-level singles title at the Transylvania Open.
2023: Second French Open third round, first top-5 win, top 35
She defeated Ysaline Bonaventure and fifth seed Caroline Garcia, her first top-5 win, to reach the third round of the French Open for the second time at this major.
2024: Longest tiebreak and third round at Australian Open, first top-3 win
At the Australian Open, she defeated previous year runner-up Elena Rybakina in the longest tiebreak in a singles match at a Grand Slam in the Open Era in the final set of their second-round match. Blinkova won the tiebreak 22–20. She saved six match points before converting on her tenth match point to advance to the third round of this major for the first time. The 42-point match-tiebreak supplanted the 38-point tiebreaks played by Lesia Tsurenko and Ana Bogdan the previous summer at Wimbledon and by Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Andy Roddick 20-18 at the 2007 Australian Open.
Performance timelines
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | A | P | Z# | PO | G | F-S | SF-B | NMS | NH |
Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Billie Jean King Cup (Fed Cup), United Cup, Hopman Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.
Singles
Current through the 2024 French Open.
Tournament | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | SR | W–L | Win % |
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Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||||||
Australian Open | A | 2R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | Q1 | 1R | 3R | 0 / 7 | 4–7 | 36% |
French Open | A | Q3 | Q2 | 3R | 1R | 1R | Q1 | 3R | 2R | 0 / 5 | 5–5 | 50% |
Wimbledon | A | 1R | 2R | Q3 | NH | 2R | A | 3R | 0 / 4 | 4–4 | 50% | |
US Open | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | Q2 | 1R | 0 / 6 | 0–6 | 0% | |
Win–loss | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 4–4 | 3–2 | 0 / 22 | 13–22 | 37% |
National representation | ||||||||||||
Billie Jean King Cup | A | PO | A | A | W | DQ | 1 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | |||
WTA 1000 | ||||||||||||
Qatar Open | A | NMS | 3R | NMS | Q1 | NMS | A | NMS | A | 0 / 1 | 2–1 | 67% |
Dubai | NMS | A | NMS | A | NMS | A | NMS | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
Indian Wells Open | A | A | A | Q2 | NH | A | A | 2R | 3R | 0 / 2 | 3–2 | 60% |
Miami Open | A | A | A | Q1 | NH | 1R | A | 2R | 1R | 0 / 3 | 1–3 | 25% |
Madrid Open | A | A | A | A | NH | A | A | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | |
Italian Open | A | A | A | A | 3R | A | A | 2R | 0 / 2 | 3–2 | 60% | |
Canadian Open | A | A | A | A | NH | A | A | 2R | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% | |
Cincinnati Open | A | A | Q1 | A | Q1 | Q2 | A | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | |
Guadalajara Open | NH | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | ||||||
China Open | A | A | A | 1R | NH | 2R | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 33% | |||
Wuhan Open | A | A | A | A | NH | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | ||||
Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 5–7 | 0–0 | 0 / 11 | 9–11 | 45% |
Career statistics | ||||||||||||
2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | SR | W–L | Win % | |
Tournaments | 2 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 17 | 7 | 24 | 3 | Career total: 95 | ||
Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Career total: 1 | ||
Finals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Career total: 2 | ||
Hard win–loss | 1–0 | 2–5 | 4–10 | 11–13 | 3–5 | 1–11 | 6–4 | 13–16 | 2–3 | 1 / 68 | 43–67 | 39% |
Clay win–loss | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 8–5 | 0 / 18 | 15–18 | 45% | |
Grass win–loss | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 5–3 | 0 / 9 | 9–9 | 50% | |
Overall win–loss | 1–1 | 2–8 | 6–13 | 13–14 | 6–8 | 4–17 | 7–6 | 26–24 | 2–3 | 1 / 95 | 67–94 | 42% |
Win (%) | 50% | 20% | 32% | 48% | 43% | 19% | 54% | 52% | 40% | Career total: 42% | ||
Year-end ranking | 206 | 136 | 98 | 59 | 60 | 155 | 80 | 54 | $2,966,822 |
Doubles
Current through the 2023 Internationaux de Strasbourg.
Tournament | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | SR | W–L | Win % |
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Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||||
Australian Open | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 0 / 4 | 0–4 | 0% |
French Open | A | 1R | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 0 / 5 | 0–5 | 0% |
Wimbledon | A | 1R | 3R | NH | 2R | A | 1R | 0 / 4 | 3–4 | 43% |
US Open | A | A | 1R | SF | A | A | 0 / 2 | 3–2 | 60% | |
Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0 / 15 | 6–15 | 29% |
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Dubai / Qatar Open | A | A | A | 2R | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% |
Indian Wells Open | A | A | A | NH | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
Miami Open | A | A | A | NH | 1R | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
Madrid Open | A | A | A | NH | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
Italian Open | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
Canadian Open | A | A | A | NH | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |
Cincinnati Open | A | A | A | QF | SF | A | 0 / 2 | 5–2 | 71% | |
Wuhan Open | A | A | 2R | NH | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% | |||
China Open | A | A | 1R | NH | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | ||
Career statistics | ||||||||||
Tournaments | 5 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 6 | 3 | Career total: 60 | ||
Titles | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Career total: 1 | ||
Finals | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Career total: 4 | ||
Overall win–loss | 2–5 | 8–11 | 12–12 | 9–7 | 16–14 | 6–6 | 0–3 | 1 / 60 | 53–58 | 48% |
Year-end ranking | 118 | 100 | 56 | 51 | 66 | 138 |
WTA career finals
Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Oct 2022 | Transylvania Open, Romania | WTA 250 | Hard (i) | Jasmine Paolini | 6–2, 3–6, 6–2 |
Loss | 1–1 | May 2023 | Internationaux de Strasbourg, France | WTA 250 | Clay | Elina Svitolina | 2–6, 3–6 |
Doubles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner-ups)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | May 2018 | Morocco Open, Morocco | International | Clay | Raluca Olaru | Georgina García Pérez Fanny Stollár |
6–4, 6–4 |
Loss | 1–1 | Feb 2019 | Hua Hin Championships, Thailand | International | Hard | Wang Yafan | Irina-Camelia Begu Monica Niculescu |
6–2, 1–6, [10–12] |
Loss | 1–2 | Feb 2021 | Phillip Island Trophy, Australia | WTA 250 | Hard | Anastasia Potapova | Ankita Raina Kamilla Rakhimova |
6–2, 4–6, [7–10] |
Loss | 1–3 | Sep 2022 | Indian Open, India | WTA 250 | Hard | Natela Dzalamidze | Gabriela Dabrowski Luisa Stefani |
1–6, 2–6 |
WTA Challenger finals
Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
Doubles: 1 (title)
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Sep 2019 | New Haven Challenger, United States | Hard | Oksana Kalashnikova | Usue Maitane Arconada Jamie Loeb |
6–2, 4–6, [10–4] |
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 9 (3 titles, 6 runner–ups)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Jan 2016 | ITF Stuttgart, Germany | 10,000 | Hard (i) | Valentini Grammatikopoulou | 7–6(4), 2–6, 6–2 |
Win | 2–0 | Aug 2016 | ITF Westende, Belgium | 25,000 | Hard | Valentini Grammatikopoulou | 7–5, 6–2 |
Loss | 2–1 | Sep 2016 | ITF Almaty, Kazakhstan | 25,000 | Clay | Viktoria Kamenskaya | 6–1, 3–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 2–2 | Feb 2017 | Open de l'Isère, France | 25,000 | Hard | Markéta Vondroušová | 5–7, 4–6 |
Win | 3–2 | Mar 2018 | Open de Seine-et-Marne, France | 60,000 | Hard (i) | Karolína Muchová | w/o |
Loss | 3–3 | May 2019 | Empire Slovak Open, Slovakia | 100,000 | Clay | Bernarda Pera | 5–7, 5–7 |
Loss | 3–4 | Jan 2022 | Open Andrézieux-Bouthéon, France | 60,000 | Hard (i) | Ana Bogdan | 5–7, 3–6 |
Loss | 3–5 | Feb 2022 | Open de l'Isère, France | 60,000 | Hard (i) | Katie Boulter | 6–7(2), 7–6(6), 2–6 |
Loss | 3–6 | Mar 2022 | ITF Le Havre, France | 25,000 | Clay (i) | Tamara Korpatsch | 6–3, 2–6, 2–6 |
Doubles: 11 (11 titles)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Feb 2015 | ITF Port El Kantaoui, Tunisia | 10,000 | Hard | Tessah Andrianjafitrimo | Arabela Fernández Rabener Eva Wacanno |
6–4, 6–0 |
Win | 2–0 | Jan 2016 | ITF Stuttgart, Germany | 10,000 | Hard (i) | Maria Marfutina | Laura Schaeder Anna Zaja |
0–6, 6–4, [10–8] |
Win | 3–0 | Dec 2016 | Ankara Cup, Turkey | 50,000 | Hard (i) | Lidziya Marozava | Sabina Sharipova Ekaterina Yashina |
4–6, 6–3, [11–9] |
Win | 4–0 | Jun 2017 | Ilkley Trophy, United Kingdom | 100,000 | Grass | Alla Kudryavtseva | Paula Kania Maryna Zanevska |
6–1, 6–4 |
Win | 5–0 | Sep 2017 | Neva Cup St. Petersburg, Russia | 100,000 | Hard (i) | Veronika Kudermetova | Belinda Bencic Michaela Hončová |
6–3, 6–1 |
Win | 6–0 | Mar 2018 | Zhuhai Open, China | 60,000 | Hard | Lesley Kerkhove | Nao Hibino Danka Kovinić |
7–5, 6–4 |
Win | 7–0 | Oct 2018 | Internationaux de Poitiers, France | 80,000 | Hard | Alexandra Panova | Viktorija Golubic Arantxa Rus |
6–1, 6–1 |
Win | 8–0 | May 2019 | Wiesbaden Open, Germany | 60,000 | Clay | Yanina Wickmayer | Jaimee Fourlis Kathinka von Deichmann |
6–3, 4–6, [10–3] |
Win | 9–0 | May 2019 | Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer, France | 80,000 | Clay | Xenia Knoll | Beatriz Haddad Maia Luisa Stefani |
4–6, 6–2, [14–12] |
Win | 10–0 | May 2019 | Empire Slovak Open, Slovakia | 100,000 | Clay | Xenia Knoll | Renata Voráčová Cornelia Lister |
7–5, 7–5 |
Win | 11–0 | Aug 2022 | Bronx Open, United States | 60,000 | Hard | Simona Waltert | Han Na-lae Hiroko Kuwata |
6–3, 6–3 |
Junior Grand Slam tournament finals
Girls' singles: 1 (runner–up)
Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 2015 | Wimbledon | Grass | Sofya Zhuk | 5–7, 4–6 |
Fed Cup participation
Singles (0–1)
Edition | Round | Date | Location | Against | Surface | Opponent | W/L | Result |
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2017 | WG2 | Feb 2017 | Moscow (RUS) | Chinese Taipei | Hard (i) | Chang Kai-chen | L | 3–6, 5–7 |
Doubles (2–0)
Edition | Round | Date | Location | Against | Surface | Partner | Opponents | W/L | Result |
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2017 | WG2 | Feb 2017 | Moscow (RUS) | Chinese Taipei | Hard (i) | Anna Kalinskaya | Chan Chin-wei Hsu Ching-wen |
W | 6–3, 7–5 |
2020 | F QR | Feb 2020 | Cluj-Napoca (ROU) | Romania | Hard (i) | Anna Kalinskaya | Jaqueline Cristian Elena-Gabriela Ruse |
W | 6–3, 6–2 |
WTA Tour career earnings
correct as of 15 November 2021
Year | Grand Slam singles titles |
WTA singles titles |
Total singles titles |
Earnings ($) | Money list rank |
2016 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31,013 | 309 |
2017 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 207,988 | 141 |
2018 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 334,191 | 113 |
2019 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 530,080 | 80 |
2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 373,335 | 57 |
2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 470,729 | 91 |
Career | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,968,604 | 265 |
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Wins over top-10 players
Season | 2020 | 2023 | 2024 | Total |
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Wins | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
# | Player | Rank | Event | Surface | Rd | Score | ABR |
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2020 | |||||||
1. | Belinda Bencic | No. 8 | Shenzhen Open | Hard | 1R | 3–6, 6–3, 6–3 | No. 58 |
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2. | Caroline Garcia | No. 5 | French Open | Clay | 2R | 4–6, 6–3, 7–5 | No. 56 |
2024 | |||||||
3. | Elena Rybakina | No. 3 | Australian Open | Hard | 2R | 6–4, 4–6, 7–6(22–20) | No. 57 |
4. | Jessica Pegula | No. 5 | Indian Wells Open | Hard | 2R | 6–2, 3–6, 6–3 | No. 45 |
See also
In Spanish: Anna Blinkova para niños